Probashi- Cover Story he started to learn swimming at the Sea Rock Hotel swimming pool hoping to learn adequatee swimming skills for the movie . But crossing river Ganges during monsoon is another balll game which no training in a swimming pool can prepare you for . So when the shot was being canned , Naseer was struggling amongst swift currents and almost drowned twice but for the life guards who swam along Naseer and saved him in nick of time . In comparison Shabana is a terrific Sehenai maestro Bismillah Khan ( right ) had a deep impact on Goutam Ghose . swimmer and gave her shot Inspiration to make a film on hollowness of religious divide was fuelled by the flawlessly . This climax scene of Paar deep humanism of Bismillah Khan . , the outcome was the award winning film was the first shot I filmed
Probashi- Cover Story he started to learn swimming at the Sea Rock Hotel swimming pool hoping to learn adequatee swimming skills for the movie . But crossing river Ganges during monsoon is another balll game which no training in a swimming pool can prepare you for . So when the shot was being canned , Naseer was struggling amongst swift currents and almost drowned twice but for the life guards who swam along Naseer and saved him in nick of time . In comparison Shabana is a terrific Sehenai maestro Bismillah Khan ( right ) had a deep impact on Goutam Ghose . swimmer and gave her shot Inspiration to make a film on hollowness of religious divide was fuelled by the flawlessly . This climax scene of Paar deep humanism of Bismillah Khan . , the outcome was the award winning film was the first shot I filmed
. I had told Moner Manush my producer that if we can pull off
Nibaron , the hungry list poet , in Lalon Fakir and talks of religious the river crossing shot then the the hit film Baishey Shraabon . tolerance . whole film can be made else we will How did it feel to be back in front have to shelve Paar . Thankfully of the cameraa ?
After the Babri Masjid episode I was
Naseer pulled it off . Naseer got the extremely pained , the face of best actor award at Venice Film Srijit and Prosenjit approached me Bismillah
Khan an epitome of
Festival and also the National award and I said yes . As a Director I am culture , refinement achievement in the same category . required to help my actors to get and tolerance would come in front their emotions and body language of my eyes . I had resolved to make a You were the cinematographer for right . So in that sense I had never movie decrying communal
Aparna Sen ’ s Mr & Mrs
Iyer . Your left acting . It was not very difficult intolerance projected through work was critically acclaimed . How to act in front of the camera . You symbols of spiritualism and did it feel not being the captain of will also see me as an actor in the secularism . I had thought of Kabir , the ship for once ? upcoming film Ekla Aakash . Dadu Dayal , Lalon and Nanak as However I am a director and will ( Laughs ) Aparna is a childhood possibilities as the main protagonist never take up acting full time . friend . For first 3‐4 days of shooting for my film . In 2008 Sunil
I was behind the camera and by Your film Moner Manush is an Gangopadhyay published a brilliant habit was also barking instructions extraordinary movie based on novel Moner Manush based on to the actors as if I was the director till Aparna came up to me and with a smile reminded me that she was the directorr . The only other time I was the cinematographer for another director was for Harisadhan Dasgupta for a documentary shot in Mizoram when the state was under unrest and no cinematographer was willing to shoot in Mizoram . I stepped in out of reverence for Harisadandaa , one of my mentors .
After Buddhadeb
Dasgupta ’ s Grihajuddhaa we had to wait for 20 years to see you as an actor on screen when you played the role of
Interview with
Goutam Ghose
Gautam Ghose ( Left ) directing Prosonjit ( Centre ) and Paoli Dam ( right ) on the sets of Moner Manush